professing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: professing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for professing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
professing n an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement" Synonym(s): profession, professing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profess \Pro*fess"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Professed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Professing}.] [F. prof[8a]s, masc., professe, fem., professed (monk or nun), L. professus, p. p. of profiteri to profess; pro before, forward + fateri to confess, own. See {Confess}.] 1. To make open declaration of, as of one's knowledge, belief, action, etc.; to avow or acknowledge; to confess publicly; to own or admit freely. [bd]Hear me profess sincerely.[b8] --Shak. The best and wisest of them all professed To know this only, that he nothing knew. --Milton.